Daxianguan

Chapter 157
In Zhenxi City, in a rather luxurious mansion, Wu Degui stood cautiously in the hall, in front of him, sat a man, who was tasting tea, his movements were calm and imposing.

If Chu Xian was there, he could recognize that this person was the chief scribe of Zhenxi City Mansion.

"My lord, that Chu Xian is too presumptuous. As an official, he behaved indiscriminately. The official said long ago that this person is fighting for power and profit in Dinghai County. He is very rampant." Wu Degui said at this time.

The chief secretary took a sip of tea, savored it, and said, "Wu Degui, after all, you have been operating in Dinghai County for so many years. I didn't expect you to be so useless. How long has it been since that Chu Xian left? Can't breathe under his pressure?"

Wu Degui looked terrified, and hurriedly said: "My lord, Ming Jian, this Chu Xian is the county magistrate after all, and the official is one level higher than me. If he wants to force it, the lower officials can't stop him."

"That's all right, all right, I know what you are capable of. You said before that Chu Xian is fighting for power and profit, but you need to investigate him and get rid of him based on this. Do you think it is possible?" The chief scribe took another sip of tea , Wu Degui was speechless, he could only bow his head and smile apologetically, seeing that the other party's teacup was running out of water, he immediately went up to add water.

"Don't conflict with that Chu Xian for the time being. By the way, you said that Chu Xian attaches great importance to county defense, and also wants to rebuild the city wall and recruit county troops?" the chief scribe asked.

Wu Degui nodded, he was clear about this matter, after all, there were quite a few of his cronies in the county.

"That Chu Xian doesn't know what he's thinking. If he insists on doing such a waste of money, it will cost a lot to build the city wall. Even if it's just repairs, it can empty out the county's money at once, let alone rebuild the arrow tower. Recruit the county army, so even if he wants to go to the armor and weapons from the city, the money in the county is still a drop in the bucket, not enough."

Wu Degui knows better than anyone how much money there is in the county, so he said it swearingly at this moment.

The chief scribe pondered for a while, and said: "I heard before that Chu Xian speculated that after the beginning of spring, the monster clan will invade in a large scale. Have you heard about this?"

Wu Degui nodded: "I heard that, but in the eyes of the lower officials, this Chu Xian is a bit alarmist. He is just making this excuse to make money. He said that he recruited the county army. I think it is just talk, not serious. of."

The Chief Scribe nodded, and then said casually; "I think so too, so tell me, what will happen if the monsters don't come when spring comes?"

Wu Degui was taken aback for a moment, thought carefully, and immediately realized: "Your Excellency, you mean that you can use this excuse to punish Chu Xian severely?"

"What do you think?" The chief secretary sneered, and Wu Degui slapped his thigh excitedly: "My lord, this method is good, this method is good, that Chu Xian kept saying that it was for the county defense, to resist the invasion of the monster race, I think He is just looking for reasons to fill his pockets, so let's hold back first, let him be paralyzed, and then secretly encourage the county people to blow everyone's mind, and then after the spring, go to check the county's fortifications and give him a lore, when the time comes, Even if he builds fortifications and recruits some county soldiers, but if the monsters don’t come, he’s just wasting people and wasting money, and if he encourages him to enrich his own pockets, haha, this Chu Xian’s county magistrate will do his best.”

"That's right, you, you are not so stupid that there is no cure, now that you understand, why don't you go down and make arrangements, and then watch this good show?"

"Understood, my lord, I will arrange it now."

……

In just a few days, Chu Xian's 'scaremongering' rumors that the Yaozu would commit crimes in two months spread throughout Dinghai County, not only in Dinghai County, but also in other surrounding counties.

Naturally, some people are panicked, some are disdainful, and some are simply indifferent, as if the matter has nothing to do with themselves.

In addition, after Chu Xian came back from Zhenxi City, he really put all his energy into consolidating the county defense, which seemed to be a waste of money, and it was rumored that Chu Xian did this to find a legitimate excuse to make money , filling one's own pocket, naturally immediately aroused a lot of dissatisfaction.

What's more, in order to rebuild the four arrow towers in Dinghai County, Chu Xian forcibly expropriated several lands under the city walls, demolished some shops, gambling houses and pawnshops, and also offended several rich merchants in the county because of this. It would be even worse to say it.

"If the new county magistrate wants money, let's just say, what are you doing with these superficial projects? It's a waste of money and manpower. Don't those stones and wood cost money? These are not the money of our county, besides Most of it is probably in the pocket of the magistrate."

"You can't say that. After all, the county defense is also a big deal. It is related to the lives of the people in the county. It's okay to spend some money."

"Bullshit, how many years have you not seen the Yaozu? My grandson, I don't even know what the Yaozu looks like? It's not the past, the situation will change, the Yaozu is weak, if they don't come to invade, they probably won't come in the future , Isn’t it a waste of money to do this every year in the county defense? You say, is it a waste of money? This is throwing money into the water. Master Wu did a good job in the past, but it’s a pity that Master Wu didn’t sit on the county magistrate s position."

"It's reasonable, I think, the Yaozu will definitely not come in the future, if they want to come, they have come these years, such a long period of peace has proved this, so the county defense can be properly reduced Some expenses, this is in line with common sense, but look, what is the county magistrate doing now? He is doing the opposite, especially if he is using this reason to enrich himself, then it should not be."

"My nephew is in a neighboring county, and the news spread over there. They also laughed and said that in Dinghai County, everyone is afraid of tortoise shells. Hearing the word Yaozu, everyone in the county can scare people from going out. Listen, people in the neighboring counties are laughing at us like this, it's all thanks to our county magistrate."

"It's embarrassing, embarrassing, I can't afford to lose this person. Recently, the county magistrate wants to recruit the county army. Everyone, tell your relatives and friends, don't go. If you can't recruit people by then, look at him." Shame is not shame, shame is not shame."

……

It was a taboo to start construction in winter, but Chu Xian had no choice but to be on the safe side, he had to strengthen the county fortifications in Dinghai County as much as possible.

The damaged city wall had to be repaired, and the arrow tower had to be built. For this reason, Chu Xian invested all the money he had in his hands. Fortunately, the construction of the arrow tower only needed wood, which was only four or five feet higher than the city wall.

It's okay to say that as long as you are willing to spend money and rush to work, you should be able to get it done before the spring, but Chu Xian has encountered trouble in reorganizing the county army.

No one came to apply.

This was the case on the first day, Chu Xian felt that it might take some time, but it was still the same on the second, third, and fourth day, Chu Xian knew that things were not as simple as he thought.

At this time, Chu Xian also knew all kinds of rumors about him.

"My lord, this is someone deliberately discrediting you. Strengthening the county's defenses is a good thing for the country and the people, but in their mouths, it is said to be a waste of money, it is said to be dispensable, and it is worthless , These county residents are really ignorant." Jiang Yuan had a look of resentment at the moment, and of course he was annoyed at the ignorance of the county residents.

Chu Xian is lowering his head at the moment, writing a decree.

In two months, the construction of the county defense of Dinghai County can barely be done, but there are still eleven villages in the county, and they are scattered around. It is impossible to help defend each village in a short time, so the best way is, That is to temporarily relocate the villagers of eleven villages to the county seat,

The villagers in the eleven villages have a population of only 2000. If they act quickly, they can move into the county seat within a month. For this matter, Chu Xian has barely slept in the past few days. He is preparing a residence and food for the winter.

In fact, Dinghai County, which can accommodate nearly [-] people, only has a county army of [-] people. The heavy city of the inner passage.In addition, if there is a demon clan invasion, the Red Gold Army around Zhenxi City will also station in various counties according to the situation.

"Those rumors are not unexpected, they should be related to Wu Degui, ignore them for now, has Wu Degui returned from Zhenxi City?" Chu Xian asked at this time.

Jiang Yuan nodded: "I saw him come back two days ago, and he didn't come to the county government office, but just said he was sick at home, hmph, I deliberately put a pick on him."

"It's okay, it's more troublesome to have him pointing fingers at the side. If the county can't recruit county troops, they will issue recruitment orders to surrounding villages. Someone will always come. And this time, there is no upper limit on how many people will come and how much they want." Chu Chu Xian gave an order at this time, and Jiang Yuan was taken aback when he heard it: "My lord, this matter is not appropriate. The size of the county army in a small county is 100 according to the regulations of the Holy Dynasty, and no one more will do."

Chu Xian smiled: "The extra ones will be regarded as the servants of your Jiang family's nursing home. These things, such as exploiting loopholes, don't need me to teach them?"

When Jiang Yuan heard it, he also came to his senses, nodded, and didn't say anything more.

Indeed, as long as he wants to, it is not easy to take advantage of the loopholes. Naturally, his old officialdom is handy for such things.

It was widely rumored that Chu Xian used the county defense and the cover of the monster clan to enrich his own pockets, but Jiang Yuan knew better than anyone else that Chu Xian not only failed to get a single copper coin in this matter, but also paid for it himself. I paid ten thousand taels of silver.

The head of the county, Jiang Yuan, knows better than anyone else, if not for this, it is impossible for anyone to be willing to start work in this kind of weather, because the money is enough, as the saying goes, there must be brave men under great rewards.

In addition to paying the money himself, Chu Xian, as the county magistrate, really worked hard for the county's defense, so hard-working was said to be pocketed, anyone would be angry, and would be worthless for Mr. Chu.

However, Jiang Yuan didn't quite believe the rumors that Chu Xian, the magistrate of the county, believed that the monster clan would invade on the night of the blood moon after the beginning of spring.

The night of the blood moon has not appeared for almost 20 years. How could Lord Chu predict in advance when it will appear?

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